Mourinho mulls United changes at Arsenal

Shkodran Mustafi and David Ospina are back in training after respective thigh and back problems.

Well-known Spanish football journalist Guillem Balague has told Sky Sports that Manchester United played well against Celta de Vigo in the Europa League on Thursday evening.

“I think that Arsene is probably the last example of a manager who brings stability to a club over such a long time.”

Arsene Wenger surely has to get a first ever league win against Mourinho.

The 19-year-old has stepped up in the absence of injured top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with his rise showing no signs of abating given the improvements in his overall game. In the last two decades Arsenal have never finished outside the top four while United have done so twice; this year one of them looks likely to finish sixth, the position Arsenal now occupy with five matches remaining. Mata was absent for a little under a month following season-threatening groin surgery, and his return is be a welcome boost to United’s attacking options. That’s all we have to achieve.

Arsenal were hugely disappointing as they lost to rivals Tottenham Hotspur last weekend and will have to be much improved tomorrow even though they are likely to be facing a much-changed United side.

“We have no choice”.

Wenger is under huge pressure to step down as Arsenal manager as his side struggle to secure a top four finish in the Premier League, yet he has found a highly unlikely ally in the shape of Mourinho. “The players in that accumulation are not going to play this weekend”.

When and where can I watch it?

“I think from now until the end of the season every game is big”.

Think you can do better than Lawro?

Manchester City’s comprehensive victory at Crystal Palace means fifth-placed United arrive at the Emirates Stadium four points shy of a Champions League berth with just four matches remaining.

The Europa League has provided United fans with something resembling a welcome break from the disappointment of the Premier League campaign. Former players of Arsenal have slammed them in the media by saying that the thing they missed most about playing football was the rivalries and that they didn’t see a desire to win this game from the players.

Ferguson retired after 26 years at Manchester United, while Wenger has racked up two decades with the Gunners. A lot more teams and managers are having an impact.

Alexis Sanchez is two shy of 50 Premier League goals for Arsenal.

United have drawn a league-high 14 games this season.

A tough one to predict. Arsenal are fresher but seem to have gone off the boil lately and have all but given up in certain games.

Arsenal scored their first win over United in 11 tries when cruising to a 3-0 win over the Red Devils in this fixture last season.